Written by

Justin Murphy
| Staff writer

There are few living people who can say they created a holiday celebrated by millions of people, and one of them was at Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery on Sunday afternoon.

Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies at California State University in Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966 and remains its most prominent advocate.

The holiday includes seven days, one for each of seven key principles. Sunday recognized ujamaa, or cooperative economics, and Karenga was in Rochester to share his vision at the invitation of the Rochester Kwanzaa Coalition. ...